Barbed-wire fence



(No Model.)

J. W. GRISWOLD.

BARBED WIRE FENCE.

No. 465,642. Patented Dec. 22, 1891.

@ WITNESSES: l/VVE/l/TOR 32m TORNEY.

JOHN OOL GRIS\VOLD, OF TROY, NE\V YORK.

BAREED WlRE. FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 465,642, dated December22, 1891.

Application filed June 15, 1891 Serial No. 396,258, (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known thatI, J OHN WooL GRIswoLD, of Troy, Rensselaer county, NewYork have invented a new and useful Improvement in Barbed-\Vire Fences,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of wire fencing which is composed ofaseries of links, usually barbed; and it consists in theconstruction ofsaid links and their combination to form a continuous fencing.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improvedwire fencing. Fig. 2 is a side view, and Fig. Sis an end View of thelink a, showing the parallel eyes 0 and I).

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

Each link (a?) consists of a length of wire A, doubled or halved onitself to form at one end of said link the eye B. One end of thedoubledover wire A is bent to form the eye O. The other end of thedoubled-over wire A is bent in like manner to form the eye D. The twoeyes 0 and D are placed side by side, as shown. The extremities E F ofthe wireA are locked or twisted together on one side of the main portionof the link a and are then bent outwardly to form barbs.

In uniting the links the eye B of one link, as l), engages with the eyes0 D of the other link a.

This fencing is strong, durable, and easily and cheaply made.

I claini 1. A wire-fencing link composed of a length of wire doubled toform a loop or eye B at one extremity of the link and havingits endsbent over to form eyes O D, the extremities E F of said wire beinglocked or twisted to gether on one side of said link and pr0truding toform barbs.

2. A wire-fencing composed of a series of enchained links, each linkbeing composed of a length of wire doubled to form aloop or eye 15 atone extremity of the link and having its ends bent over to form eyes CD, the eXtremi ties E F of said wire being locked or twisted together onone side of the link and protruding to form barbs, and the eye B of onelink engaging with the eyes O D of the nextadjacent link.

JOHN WOOL GRISWOLD.

Witnesses:

ALBERT SMITH, HENRY W. SMITH.

